Twin Lakes Conference Recaps Wrestling Season

February 27, 2018

The first season of competition in the Twin Lakes Conference for Emmetsburg's E-Hawk wrestling team was highly rewarding. Coach Tyler Bjustrom's E-Hawks won the conference dual meet title with a perfect 9-0 mark and finished the season with a dual mark of 18-2.

The E-Hawks would also finish second in the conference tournament behind Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire, who took second place in the dual standings with an 8-1 mark and 19-3 overall record. However, GT/RA's Coach Alex Helmich earned the Coach of the Year Honors from his peers in the league.

The West Bend-Mallard/Gilmore City-Bradgate Wolverines would finish the dual meet season with a mark of 1-8 in the league and a mark of 4-20 on the season, and finished ninth at the conference tournament.

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DUAL?SEASON?CHAMPIONS - Emmetsburg’s E-Hawk wrestling team earned the Dual-Meet title in the Twin Lakes Conference for the 2017-18 season. Coach Tyler Bjustrom’s squad finished with a 9-0 league mark and 18-2 record overall in dual action. -- Dan Voigt photo

Several Emmetsburg and Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire wrestlers also competed in the 2018 Iowa State Wrestling Championships last week in Des Moines and earned placings for their respective teams.

For the Titans of GT/RA, Kolton Roth would come home as the runner up in Class 1A at 138 pounds, while his teammate, Carter Murray, finished eighth at 182 pounds in the Class 1A Tournament.

Emmetsburg's E-Hawks would send four wrestlers to the state tournament and brought home a fourth place finish from Spencer Griffin, wrestling at 138 pounds in Class 1A. Also wrestling in the state tournament for the E-Hawks were Christian Nichols at 120 pounds, Bret Hoyman at 145 pounds and Mason Griffin at 152 pounds.